In the late 1950's, it became apparent to the Mennonite churches in Northern New York that there was a need for a church camp, especially for children.  The First Mennonite Church of New Bremen provided a camping program immediately following summer Bible School, and because of such a large attendance, moved into tents at Whetstone Gulf State Park near Martinsburg.  Meanwhile, Abner Zehr opened his own Lake Ontario camp to the Woodville Mennonite congregation for a day camp.  They too began to run out of room.  Together with those concerned from Lewis County, a committee was formed in 1964 to investigate a land purchase suitable for a camp.  Five years later, in April of 1969, the Adirondack Mennonite Camping Association purchased Beaver Camp.  The A.M.C.A. has sponsored successive Christian summer children's camps here since the summer of 1969.  Initially the summer was staffed with volunteers who would come in for a week at a time, meaning a new staff team was formed for each week.  In 1979 the first year-round director was hired and year-round programming began.  The mid 80's saw the camp increasingly being used throughout the year. A challenge course was installed in 1986, which is expanded on an ongoing basis, for use in our children’s camp programs as well as with other groups. In 1987 36 weekends were used throughout the year which included camp sponsored adult retreat, youth winter camps, and weekend adult and youth rental groups. In addition, seven weeks of summer resident camps, one week of day camp, and several weeks of wilderness camps are held at Beaver Camp each year.  In 1992 the summer camp program was split into 2 camps that would run simultaneously. A program for older age groups and one for younger age groups was implemented, allowing for more campers than ever.  Creation Investigation, a nature study program for Christian schools, was also first offered in 1992.